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What is another word for bawl out?

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To deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture to

To have a quarrel or argument with someone

Verb

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To deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture to

criticise^UK

criticize^US

jump down one's throat

lay into

take to task

rake over the coals

rap across the knuckles

rap over the knuckles

read the riot act

severely reprimand

tear off a strip

give someone a bollocking

give someone a dressing-down

give someone a telling-off

have a go at

let someone have it

give a rocket

give someone an earful

give someone a roasting

give someone a rollicking

give someone what for

give someone a mouthful

give someone a wigging

give someone a rating

rap

wig

give someone a caning

give someone some stick

revile

blame

send someone away with a flea in their ear

pummel^US

pummelled^UK

belabor^US

belabour^UK

give a piece of one's mind

bite someone's head off

give someone a bad press

snap someone's head off

express disapproval of

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

insult

give someone a carpeting

send someone away with a flea in his

rap someone the knuckles

give a tongue-lashing

moralise^UK

moralize^US

traduce

criticize strongly

tear down

mete out punishment to

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

lose one's temper with

have someone on the carpet

give the business

recriminate

expostulate

jump down someone's throat

come down on like a ton of bricks

satirize^US

satirise^UK

ostracise^UK

ostracize^US

make a protest against

fume

declaim against

complain vociferously about

disagree violently with

oppose strongly

put up a fight against

kick up a stink about

rage against

kick against

complain bitterly about

take great exception to

decry

stigmatize^US

stigmatise^UK

drag through the mire

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

minimize^US

minimise^UK

trivialize^US

express a poor opinion of

trivialise^UK

sully the reputation of

blacken the reputation of

scoff at

conduct a smear campaign against

blacken someone's reputation

hold someone to blame

drag someone's name through the mud

give something a bad press

marginalize^US

marginalise^UK

express strong disapproval of

lodge a protest against

take issue

express disagreement with

demonize^US

demonise^UK

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

ruin the reputation of

damage someone's reputation

destroy someone's credibility

bring into disfavour

show in a bad light

blacken someone's name

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“Back in the office, he will then often fall into depression and either bawl out his staff or break down in tears before them, sometimes both.”

Verb

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To have a quarrel or argument with someone

have a misunderstanding

tongue-lash

go at it hammer and tongs

fight like cat and dog

be at sixes and sevens

be at each other's throats

make a big thing about

be at daggers with

be at daggers drawn

get into a dispute

have a difference of opinion

be of a different opinion

be incompatible

have a different opinion

contradict each other

fight like Kilkenny cats

engage in hostilities

bandy words with somebody

take the field against

balk^US

baulk^UK

express disagreement with

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